“Jesus answered and said unto them, _Take heed that no man deceive you_. For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: _for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet_.” Verses 4-6. 7. What did He say of the wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes which were to precede these events? “All these are _the beginning of sorrows_.” Verse 8. NOTE.—These were to precede and culminate in the great calamity and overthrow, first, of Jerusalem, and finally of the whole world; for, as already noted, the prophecy has a double application, first, to Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, and secondly, to the whole world; the destruction of Jerusalem for its rejection of Christ at His first advent being a type of the destruction of the world at the end for its rejection of Christ in refusing to heed the closing warning message sent by God to prepare the world for Christ’s second advent. 8. In what language did Christ briefly describe the experiences of His people previous to these calamities? “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Verses 9-12. 9. Who did He say would be saved? “But _he that shall endure unto the end_, the same shall be saved.” Verse 13. 10. When did Christ say the end would come? “And _this gospel of the kingdom_ shall be _preached in all the world_ for a _witness_ unto _all nations_; and _then shall the end come_.” Verse 14. NOTES.—In 60 A.D. Paul carried the gospel to Rome, which was then the capital of the world. In A.D. 64 he wrote of the saints of “Cæsar’s household” (Phil. 4:22); and the same year he says that the gospel had been “preached to every creature which is under heaven.” Col. 1:23. Very soon after this (October, 66 A.D.) the Romans began their attacks against Jerusalem; and three and one-half years later the overthrow of the city and of the Jewish nation followed in the notable five months’ siege under Titus, in the spring and summer of 70 A.D.